Ukraine balks at signing Trump deal to hand over its mineral wealth – POLITICO
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Summary

Ukraine is hesitating to sign a U.S.-backed deal that would grant American companies access to 50% of its rare earth minerals in exchange for continued military support.

President Zelenskyy cited legal concerns and the lack of security guarantees.

The deal, pushed by Trump allies, aims to showcase Ukraine’s value to U.S. interests while reducing reliance on Chinese minerals.

However, Kyiv’s 2021 strategic partnership with the EU complicates negotiations, as European leaders resist surrendering shared resources to Washington. Talks remain ongoing.

  • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I happen to generally trust Germany because generally their information is accurate

    I highly distrust information from Germany as someone who lived there for 3+ years. There’s a reason why there’s also a wave of fascism over there.

    Tell me which “sources” would you trust?

    Primary sources providing evidence. Appeal to authority isn’t enough evidence for me, evidence is. I didn’t need to trust any particular sources that there was an ongoing genocide in Gaza because I could simply open up my phone and have 100 new different videos from that very day of kids being bombed from a variety of journalist outlets from different countries and social media accounts.

      • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        Notice how in my previous comments I denied that it’s a generalised thing, not that it didn’t happen occasionally. For sure a few tens, or even hundreds, of children have been sent illegally to Russia. Hell, tens of thousands of civilians have probably been murdered unlawfully in the war. My point isn’t that sporadic small-scale crimes don’t happen during wars, my point is that there’s no evidence of generalised mass deportation of children in Ukraine by the Russian forces.

        Also, bringing in children to speak their atrocity propaganda to the UN reeks of Nayirah’s testimony

        • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          Well, once the war is over, and if the borders are put back to where they should be and someone can investigate it will be too late anyhow